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General Info PUBLIC ANDSALE LIVE AUCTION Philately - Postal History Literature Saturday 5 June 2021 Vignola - Vaccari auction room mail, fax, e-mail, internet bids and the live bidding registration will be accepted until 5 p.m. local time on Friday 4 June 2021 NO BUYERS’ PREMIUM Catalogue 98 Preadhesive or unfranked letters - Lombardy Venetia - Modena - Naples, Naples Provinces - Parma - Papal State - Romagne - Sardinia - Sicily - Tuscany - Risorgimento - Kingdom of Italy - R.S.I., Regency - Republic of Italy - Trieste AMG- VG/FTT - Italian post offices abroad - Colonies - Occupations, Military - Varieties - Sea routes - Postal stationery - Fiscals - Air Mail, Zeppelin Mail, Rocket Mail, Space - Foreign countries - Lots, Collections - Miscellaneous, Curiosities - Literature Vaccari Auction 5 June 2021 COVID-19 Information Dear Customer, at the time of preparation and printing of this catalogue we do not know how the situation will be in the near term and during the auction day. Obviously we hope that everything will be stabilized a bit and that the activity can be carried out as usual. As always, you can send bids through our website, by e-mail, by post or fax, or participate Live on the same day using the Philasearch platform, or require a telephone connection to be held during the auction. All requests must be received by Friday 4 June at 17 (local time). Since there is no meeting at fairs, which unfortunately were cancelled, to give the opportu- nity to more people to see the material “live”, viewing of lots will be longer: it will start on Monday, 10 May by our premises and will continue from Thursday 3 June in the auction room. It is always necessary to arrange an appointment with our staff. Unlike other times, the lots (even the bulky ones) have all been photographed, even though some of them only partially just to give an idea of the whole; and in some cases there is the pdf of the complete album. The auction will be publicly and live auctioned on Saturday 5 June. Access to the room will only be allowed by appointment with registration of the name. We therefore invite all those interested in attending the auction in Vignola in person to communicate it as soon as possible; places will be limited according to the rules of distancing. Vaccari will guarantee everyone strict compliance with the safety regulations established at regional and national level and by the company itself. If the situation does not allow it, the auction will be carried out behind closed doors only through live participation, by telephone and clearly all the correspondence bids received previously. Any changes will be communicated in our site, in our information and social channels. We wish everyone the best and we are confident that we can continue carrying out the auc- tion in the best way. Public and Live Auction 5 June 2021 Foreword The present catalogue n.98 displays philately and postal history relevant (as in the Papal State), but there are also three “Trinacria”, as usual, but also a section devoted to philatelic literature. The one cancelled, one on newspaper fragment, but also one unused 1,146 lots will be on sale at the auction of 5 June. We hope without gum; and then some “Crocette” including one unused that everything will go in the best way and that we can hold it without gum; the letters are also many and interesting. Sicily public by our auction room, obviously respecting all the safety has great rarities. In all the Ancient States there are also very regulations relating to Covid-19 (see the devoted page). Besides attractive lots with several examples of covers and postage stamps people “physically” present, there will be LIVE and telephone or fragments at excellent prices, especially in Lombardy Venetia, connections and bids received in the previous days. Anyway, in Sardinia, Tuscany and Kingdom. I advise you to pay attention case of problems, the auction will be held, even if behind closed also to the section dedicated to “Lots and collections”, ... I would doors. be tempted to continue to point out other particular items, but all the categories offer lots of a certain interest; I therefore leave it to In order to advantage those who wish to remain “distanced”, the you to discover them. lots have all been photographed, even though some of them only In the Air Mail category (edited by Silvia Vaccari) there are partially just to give an idea of the whole, and all the images are two sectors of greatest evidence: a Special dedicated to Italo in the catalogue in the site. Moreover, viewing of lots will start, Balbo, which starts from some examples of the first Italy-Brazil upon appointment, already on Monday 10 May. Transatlantic Cruise in 1930 and passes with great emphasis to the second transatlantic flight made in formation of a flock, the Friday 4 June, at 17 (local time), is the deadline for the registration North Atlantic Cruise of the Decennial of 1933. A real triumph of bids by mail and requests for a telephone connection (via mail, of the “Atlanteans” on cover and almost all in the two values of fax, e-mail or internet), and to register to take part Live. Please L.25 and L.50, classic but also unusual laps, also official covers read our terms of sale, where there is also how to take part in of the Cruise and with important autographs, some foreign laps details. up to rarities, including a unique find for Montreal escaped in I would like to remind you some points. the historic General Loading List, all characterized by an absolute - Lots are described (some of them also in English in our site) degree of freshness of the specimens. The section then continues with care and clarity and reproductions are integral part of with Different flights, from the most classic to some finds, fifteen descriptions. Zeppelin on cover, for Rocket mail the complete Barbero one, a - At Vaccari auctions, no commission is applied to buyers’ preview of the other great sector. Space: some USA lots dedicated return prices (generally 20/22%). to the 40th anniversary of the Shuttles, the USSR-Russia section - The lots with my initials or signature, regardless of whether that opens by celebrating the 60th anniversary of the first man in they come with or without an expert certificate, are absolutely Space, Yuri Gagarin, and then historically continues with Space guaranteed with reference to their description and, among Stations commemorative and flown covers, Salyut-3, Salyut-6, them, those with a value higher than 500.00 euro come with Salyut-7, Mir, to then arrive in the section of the ISS, from its a Vaccari S.r.l. certificate of guarantee free of charge. origins with a specimen of great rarity, then reviewing the history of the missions of the International Space Station, with a lot of I will highlight only some of the lots, even though several are space letters with private mail Earth-Space/Space-Earth up to the important or particular. most recent specimens of 2019 and 2020 also including the postal Our daily web magazine Vaccari news (www.vaccarinews.it) testimonies of the private industry of the future, SpaceX. and our social pages (facebook, linkedin, twitter, instagram), the I would just add that the section dedicated to Literature has also institutional one VaccariFilatelia and the on-line VaccariShop, been included in this auction, with some hard-to-find texts, will point out some more. Anyway, I suggest you browse the including the 10-year collection of “Filatelia 1962-1972” and the catalogue or search for what is of interest to you or you like the 27-year collection of “Vaccari Magazine”, 1989 -2015, with the 14 most. issues sold out for some time. At the beginning Prephilately and Italian Ancient States, among which the Duchy of Modena and the Kingdom of Naples stand The digital version of the hard-copy catalogue can be browsed out in particular. For Modena, for example, two pairs of green and downloaded in a pdf file from the page devoted to the auction cent.5 without the full stop after the figure with interpane gutter; in our site (www.vaccari.it/filatelia/asta). Once the auction is over, or a sheet of 240 exemplars with original gum without hinge of you will find the list of auction returns and possible lots unsold, the cent.25 buff with oily impression and gum seepage, which available at the starting price until 20 July. also includes the error “full stop up after CENT” at position 128; one letter from Correggio to Modena of 18.6.1852 franked with the cent.10 bright rose with the full stop after the figure cancelled with Modena red postmark and on the first known date Chairman Board of Directors for Correggio; another one, the only registered letter sent from Vaccari S.r.l. Fanano during the ducal period and the first with postage stamps from that office. For Naples, the cancellations are particularly Vignola, April 2021 Public and Live Auction 5 June 2021 Viewing of Lots • VIGNOLA • VIGNOLA • VIGNOLA 10 May - 1 June 2021 3-4 June 2021 5 June 2021 Vaccari Offices Vaccari Auction Room Vaccari Auction Room local time: 9:00-13:00/14:30-18:30 local time: 9:30-13:00/14:30-19:00 local time: from 8:15 a.m. telephone call reservation requested telephone call reservation requested lots will be available until just before knocking down Suggested Hotels • HOTEL • HOTEL • HOTEL EDEN ��� LA CARTIERA ����S SAN PELLEGRINO ��� (with restaurant) (with restaurant and Afrodite SPA) (with restaurant) (300 m from Vaccari Auction Room) from Modena Sud on the road to Vignola, after the from Modena Sud on the road to Vignola VIA C.BATTISTI 49 sign “Città di Vignola” turn left into via Modenese; (5 km from Vaccari Auction Room) the hotel is on the left after 100 metres 41058 VIGNOLA - MO VIA VIGNOLESE 1130 (2 km from Vaccari Auction Room) Tel.
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